Support your Local Captain

Posted on Sun Oct 30th, 2022 @ 3:26am by Lieutenant Commander Aurelia Taylor

Mission: MISSION 0 - History Speaks
Location: The Tea House
Timeline: Current
500 words - 1 OF Standard Post Measure

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Lia sat and thought about how she could give Gary the support he needed, then a thought entered her head. Gary always liked to sing, so a song he could sing along to but with the meaning she (Lia) wanted to show her husband. "Computer, find and play Alabama, "Once upon a lifetime". Also send it to Captain Taylor with the message, with love Lia." =/\="Song found and sent with message"=/\= came the reply. She got up and walked to the small bar and got out the Sake, Lia poured herself a small glass and took a sip as the music started. She had always like this song but never thought it would figure in her life, but here it was explaining her love and affection, her hopes and dreams, her future with the man she loved. Walking back to the sofa, she sat down and listened. Would he understand? Would he see that she would give up everything for him? For her family, and possibly for the child she so desperately wanted.

Once upon a lifetime
I looked in someone's eyes
And felt the fire burning in my heart
For the very first time

She was scared and young
And had never tasted love
So I took her by the hand
And a boy became a man
Once upon a lifetime

And once upon a lifetime
You hold the queen of hearts
But if you gamble on a diamond
When the dealing starts

You stand to lose it all
As the cards begins to fall
And the lesson learned is hard
You're only dealt the queen of hearts
Once upon a lifetime

So if you're taking chances, know the chance you take
A broken heart's a high price to pay
Foolish ways will make fools of the wise
And the best things seldom come along twice

Once upon a lifetime
You know that you've been blessed
When you hold your first born
Tenderly against your chest

And through the innocence you see
The value of a family
And you feel a special bond
That only comes along
Once upon a lifetime

So if you taking chances, know the chance you take
A broken heart's a high price to pay
Foolish ways will make fools of the wise
And the best things seldom come along twice

And people only find
A love like yours and mine
Once upon a lifetime

As the song played, she hoped it would give Gary strength and courage. Five years and even now she couldn't understand what attracted her to him, what was the magic he had? Life could have been so different if she had turned him down after Risa, but she hadn't she let him in. Now he was a Captain with a life changing choice to make, and she had to support him and above all else. Let him know that she was there with him, and that she wouldn't walk away.

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Commander Lia Taylor
Chief Security Officer
USS Elysium

 

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